By Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla

Conference Presentations

You Y; Joshi R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'A Controlled Carburization Process to Obtain Graphene-Fe3C-Fe Supercomposites', presented at ICONN 2018 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY), WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA, 29 January 2018 - 02 February 2018

Park K; Gupta S; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Effect of oxyfuel condition on char characteristics and burnout'

Gupta S; Cheng CJ; Sahajwalla V; Lillo-Rodenas MA; Linares-Solano A, 2007, 'Chemical activation of Australian coals for advanced energy solutions'

Conference Abstracts

Al Mahmood MA; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal Disengagement Technology: the Perspective of Microrecycling of Polymer-metal Multilayer Packaging Materials', in Recycling of Secondary, Byproduct Materials and Energy, San Diego, USA, presented at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, USA, 23 February 2020 - 27 February 2020, http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ApprovedAbstracts/9FFCBA1D7E0D7F9F852584290023378C?OpenDocument

Ulman KN; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Understanding the Thermal Transformation of Random Access Memory Cards: A Pathway to Their Efficient Recycling', in The 20th International Research Conference Proceedings, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 20, pp. 2081 - 2081, presented at ICEWRWM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Electronic Waste Recycling and Waste Management, London, United Kingdom, 26 July 2018 - 27 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26717

Zhang X; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V; Bilbao J, 2018, 'Experimental results on c-Si PV module delamination using a thermal process', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2018, Australian PV Institute, Sydney, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney

Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'A Sustainable Approach for Waste Management: Automotive Waste Transformation into High Value Titanium Nitride Ceramic', Amsterdam, The Netherlands, presented at ICST 2017: 19th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10 July 2017 - 11 July 2017, https://www.waset.org/abstracts/61761

Echeverria C; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'The effect of particle size reduction method in the mechanical performance of marine-polypropylene hybrid bio-composite material', Braga, Portugal,, presented at ICNF 2017 - 3rd International Conference on Natural Fibers – Advanced Materials for a Greener World, Braga, Portugal,, 21 June 2017 - 23 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26330

Reports

Udayakumar S; Payel S; Kheradmand A; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V; Rider D, 2026, Procedural Framework for Microplastic Recovery and Identification in Urban Catchment Deposits, Sydney, NSW, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/32376

Abbey W; Way L; Ghose A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, Current and Emerging Technological Recycling Solutions for Circular Economies in Regional and Remote Communities (2025), UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/32672

Hossain R; Ali A; Mathur D; Sahajwalla V, 2025, Recycling Solutions for Remote and Regional Communities in the Northern Territory: Demonstration of Microrecycling for Multilayer Packaging Waste

Hossain R; Mathur D; Sahajwalla V, 2025, Northern Territory: Case Study

Way L; Kamateros G, 2025, Methodology for Identifying Locations to Investigate Sources and Characteristics of Microplastics, Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31299, https://www.nespsustainable.edu.au/research/impact-priority-2-plastic-and-waste-materials

Abbey W; Way L; Al Khadhoori S, 2025, Understanding and Defining Regional and Remote Areas: Criteria and Classifications for Australia, Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31284, https://www.nespsustainable.edu.au/research/impact-priority-2-plastic-and-waste-materials

Abbey W; Way L; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2025, Current and Emerging Technological Recycling Solutions for Regional and Remote Communities, Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, Sydney, https://www.nespsustainable.edu.au/research/impact-priority-2-plastic-and-waste-materials

Arkley-Smith M; Heriyanto H; Kamateros G; Holroyd S; Ghose A; Way L, 2024, Understanding Microplastics, Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31300, https://www.nespsustainable.edu.au/research/impact-priority-2-plastic-and-waste-materials

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Bennet J; Guerin S; Ghose A; Way L; Abbey W, 2024, Indian Ocean Territory: Case Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31270

Way L; Al Khadoori S, 2023, Technical Survey for the Development of a Technology Road Map for Recycling Solutions for Regional and Remote Communities, Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, Sydney, https://www.nespsustainable.edu.au/research/impact-priority-2-plastic-and-waste-materials

Patents

Sahajwalla V; Rajarao R; Farzana R, 2024, Synthesis of manganese oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles simultaneously from spent zinc-carbon batteries using a thermal nanosizing process, Patent No. Australia - 2019302568;

Ghose A; Gaikwad V; Sahajwalla V, 2024, Manufacture of filament material, Patent No. Australia - 2018259165;

Heriyanto ; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2023, Composite products and the manufacture thereof, Patent No. Australia - 2020251051; India - 499269; Australia - 2022287653; Japan - 7655857;

Sahajwalla V, 2023, A method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source, Patent No. Australia - 2017218454; India - 456221; South Korea - 10-2658327; United States - 11884992; Australia - 2022287641

Sahajwalla V; Gaikwad V; Ghose A, 2023, Manufacture of filament material, Patent No. Australia - 2022100190; India - 422167; United States - 11667057

Sahajwalla V, 2022, A method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source, Patent No. Chile - 65.222

Sahajwalla V, 2022, Coffee as a carbon source in the preparation of iron and ferro-alloys, Patent No. Australia - 2021104498

Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2021, A process for recovering cobalt from lithium-ion batteries, Patent No. Australian Innovation Patent no. 2021106578

Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2021, A process for converting flexible printed circuit boards to useful materials, Patent No. Australian Innovation Patent no. 2021106597

Sahajwalla V; Heriyanto H; Ghose A, 2021, Composite products and the manufacture thereof, Patent No. Australian pat no. 2021104018

Sahajwalla V, 2020, A method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source, Patent No. Japan patent no. 6817314; Germany patent no. 602017030498; France and United Kingdom patent no. 3414507, https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20190221&CC=JP&NR=2019504762A&KC=A

Sahajwalla V, 2018, Production of ferro-alloys, Patent No. Europe patent no. 2329054 (validation in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Luxembourg); India patent no. 315339 and 299773; South Korea patent no. 10-1365413 and 10-1665471; Australia patent no. 2005279678 and 2009287350; South Africa patent no. 2007/02731; New Zealand patent no. 554303; Mexico patent no. 297415; USA patent no. 8021458; Canada patent no. 2578576; Brazil patent no. PI 0514874-0; Japan patent no. 5594936 and 5490800; Singapore patent no. 155887; Belgium, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK patent no. 1799875; Germany patent no. 60 2005 042 014.2; Turkey patent no. TR 2014 01444; Italy patent no. 502014902236951, https://app.dimensions.ai/details/patent/IN-299773-B?search_text=Production%20of%20ferro-alloys&search_type=kws&search_field=full_search&or_facet_year=2018

Sahajwalla VH, 2016, Improvements in the production of ferro-alloys, South Korea, Patent No. Australia patent no. 2008247330; Brazil Pending with Application No. PI 0811299-1; Canada patent no. 2685210; China patent no. ZL200880013962.3; European Patent Office patent no. 08733455.3; India patent no. 286414; Japan patent no. 5439364; Mexico patent no. 300856; NZ patent no. 580591; Republic of Korea patent no. 10-1613191; Singapore patent no. 156269; South Africa patent no. 2009/07412; and USA patent no. 807084910-1613191

Preprints

Assadi MHN; Sahajwalla V, 2022, Recycling End-of-life Polycarbonate in Steelmaking; $\textit{Ab Initio}$ Study of Carbon Dissolution in Molten Iron, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2204.08706

Ramin L; Assadi MHN; Sahajwalla V, 2022, High-Density Polyethylene Degradation into Low Molecular Weight Gases at 1823 K: An Atomistic Simulation, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2204.08253

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, Unraveling the Structural and Morphological Properties of Thermally Transformed Microzonal Carbon from Waste Hard Rubber by Conventional Heating and Microwave Irradiation Via Single Step Selective Thermal Transformation, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4306039

Assadi MHN; Sahajwalla V, 2021, Polymers' surface interactions with molten iron: a theoretical study, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2106.12722

Lian B; De Luca S; You Y; Alwarappan S; Yoshimura M; Sahajwalla V; Smith SC; Leslie G; Joshi RK, 2017, Extraordinary water adsorption characteristics of graphene oxide, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1707.09502

You Y; Deng J; Tan X; Gorjizadeh N; Yoshimura M; Smith SC; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2016, On the mechanism of gas adsorption for pristine, defective and functionalized graphene, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1610.07290

Khanna R; Ikram-ul Haq M; Sahajwalla V, Carbon-driven Chemical Interactions between Alumina and Iron: A possible reaction pathway in Earth's interior, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.2336.1

Chalker J; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, Green Chemistry and Engineering for Our Future, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-zmbcn

Other

Echeverria C; Gaikwad V; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2018, The effect of microstructure, filler load and surface adhesion of marine bio-fillers, in the performance of Hybrid Wood-Polypropylene Particulate Bio-composite, https://advanceseng.com/materials-engineering/effect-microstructure-filler-load-surface-adhesion-marine-bio-fillers-performance-hybrid-wood-polypropylene-particulate-bio-composite/

Hopkin M; Nicholas J (ed.), 2016, Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.s6wdvfu9r

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